Driscoll Children's Hospital 60th anniversary

Paul Iverson/Special to the Caller-Times Steve Woerner (left), president and CEO of Driscoll Children’s Hospital, and Loyd Neal, county judge and chairman of the Driscoll Children’s Hospital governing board, unveil a historical marker at Driscoll Children’s Hospital, which opened in 1953.

Steve Woerner (from left), president and CEO of Driscoll Children's Hospital; Anita Eisenhauer, chairwoman of the Nueces County Historical Commission; Karen Thompson, president general of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas; Nelda Martinez, Corpus Christi mayor; and Loyd Neal, county judge and chairman of the Driscoll Children’s Hospital governing board, pose with the new historical marker at Driscoll Children's Hospital, which opened in 1953.

Paul Iverson/Special to the Caller-Times Steve Woerner (from left), president and CEO of Driscoll Children’s Hospital; Loyd Neal, county judge and chairman of the Driscoll Children’s Hospital governing board; and other dignitaries applaud after the unveiling of a historical marker to honor hospital founder Clara Driscoll. Officials also announced a $12 million renovation and expansion of the hospital’s emergency department and lobby.

Contributed image/Page Southerland Page LLP The expanded emergency room at Driscoll Children’s Hospital will better accommodate the hospital’s about 35,000 annual emergency patients and their families, hospital officials said. Reconstruction is expected to begin this summer and be completed in about 18 months.